How to use Reference Images & Image Weights –iw MidJourney AI command [AI Art Tutorial]

Timecodes:
0:00 – Intro
0:21 – Image Prompting Explained
0:57 – Example 1 prompt crafting
2:48 – Example 1 results study
4:39 – Example 2 prompt crafting
6:43 – Example 2 results study

Welcome to the third video in the How to use MidJourney Commands series!

This AI Art tutorial explains how to use image references in Midjourney AI, How to use image weights in Midjourney AI, and explores the different results obtained by varying these command inputs. Example 1 is an abstract example, while example 2 is a Midjourney AI character design example.

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44 Comments

  1. Interesting. I play around with pics of me for future album covers. And so far (3 weeks in) latest from today, following all suggestions, is, that I (a blond man middle long hair) created the black and white portrait of a dark haired woman. ::iw 5. That is… strange. You blond woman result is 100 x better.

  2. You could also use 3 different image links and add: a space, :: and a weight, so you can choose what links get the most influence so link1 ::1 link2 ::2 link3 ::1 L ink 2 will become dominant

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  4. It is actually fascinating to me how the art community of our generation is basically "feeding" AI by collecting data + crypted informations. Somehow, we are currently developing the foundations that will allow ultra comprehensive conversations with "AI". How mesmerizing..

  5. This is a good, well explained video. I have had little success getting something I was aiming for with reference images. I will give this method a go and see how it turns out. Thank you.

  6. Thanks for your videos, don't stop making them.

    I want to ask a question: For example, I want to generate a cat driving a motorcycle. Is there a way or code that generates images so that the entire motorcycle and cat are visible without creating cropped images or only part of the object?

  7. What's the benefit/reason for doing multiple prompts at once per Enter key, vs. seperating them out into different queries with multiple Enter keys?

  8. Very insightful! Could you tell me the difference between increasing iw (1 to 2 to 5 to 10000) and increasing the number of reference links (I think they both make the results have more similar features of the original)

  9. I knew i could use a reference photo but i didn't know i could use multiple! Thanks alot, you just upped my game! Just tested it out with some of the old images i had made and the results where great.

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